Re: [boost] Summer of Code 2010

Subject: Re: [boost] Summer of Code 2010
From: Darren Garvey (darren.garvey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-08 17:27:35

On 8 March 2010 21:18, Andrew Sutton <andrew.n.sutton_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> > Christian Henning wrote:
> >
> >> What I would like to see is a step by step way of installing the
> quickbook
> >> toolset chain to compile the docs into html or pdf. I never got it to
> work on my
> >> machine. I have read the boost quickdoc documentation but it's not
> >> really straigh forward.
>
> It seems like every time I update to work on
> docs, something has changed that breaks my previous setup.
>
> Have you read
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/BoostDocs/GettingStarted?
>

setup_boostbook.py (in tools/boostbook) has worked for me. It downloads and
sets up the various bits in the toolchain and updates your user-config.jam.
I've had problems with it a couple of times but IIRC last time I tried it
worked without a hitch.

Cheers,
Darren